Patrick Watson’s elitist idea
TORONTO–Globe and Mail columnist Roy MacGregor called it “an idea almost too easy to ridicule.” The National Post wrote, “nothing dies harder than a bad idea.” Whatever you call it, former CBC chairman Patrick Watson’s proposal for a “public” newspaper is both extraordinarily stupid, because it wouldn’t sell, and strikingly arrogant, because Watson assumes the […]
House Foreign Affairs Committee split on NMD
At least half of the MPs on the prestigious Commons Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee still publicly say that they don’t have enough or adequate information to support Canada’s potential role in U.S. National Missile Defence (NMD) program, according to a survey conducted by The Hill Times. The Hill Times contacted all 18 MPs […]
Bush Administration turning its back on emerging international legal system, Mr. Prime Minister
PARLIAMENT HILL — Dear Prime Minister. You have done the right thing in delaying Canada’s decision about whether or not to participate in the U.S. ballistic Missile Defence Program. I urge you to maintain a wary stance. Do not be taken in by fraudulent claims that this is about the defence of North America. It […]
Post’s ‘Dead Pool’ list gets bigger
The Dead Pool?… The last thing Paul Wells did after quitting as the National Post’s marquee Ottawa columnist last Wednesday morning was to leave a message on his bureau answering machine announcing that he no longer worked at the paper and that friends could reach him at home, but he wouldn’t be “too helpful” to […]
‘It just feeds my habit of political junkieness’: Bruce Hartley
Q&A With BRUCE HARTLEY, Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s EA/ by F. Abbas Rana How do you feel being No. 3 on the Terrific Twenty-Five Staffer List? It’s a privilege to be with all these great staffers. To be on the list with the likes of Eddie Goldenberg and Jim Munson, I can say I feel […]
Gun registry deceptive
Dr. Robert Cushman’s letter “Health pros support gun control,” (The Hill Times, April 14) is yet another attempt to take taxpayers off the true issues facing the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP). Simply put, the entire program has been presented to Canadians in a cloud of deception. The federal government knew from the beginning that it […]
‘Time to give Paul Martin the keys to party’: Mills
TORONTO–Toronto veteran Liberal MP Dennis Mills, who at one time contemplated running for the Grit leadership and then dropped out, is now throwing his support behind the party’s juggernaut, Paul Martin. In an exclusive interview with The Hill Times, Mr. Mills said he also now wonders what the point of the Liberal leadership race really […]
“Should changes be made to the eerie, high-school council format used for the Liberals’ leadership debates? And should the candidates be taking their cues from the livelier Tory TV debates?”
Warren Kinsella Liberal strategist “This one’s easy. Answer: yes, changes are needed, and pronto. “That ‘debate’ was as boring as a box of bran flakes. As boring as being an aircraft controller in Antarctica. As boring as your neighbour’s wedding pictures. As boring as non-alcoholic beer. As boring as [Enough already! – ed.] “Anyway, you […]
Comartin exaggerates nuclear facts
NDP MP Joe Comartin’s editorial piece (The Hill Times, May 5, 2003 “Time for Nuclear Debate”) contains exaggerations and errors regarding the Canadian nuclear industry’s safety record and its contribution to Canada as a clean and safe energy source. The Canadian nuclear industry is proud of the fact that nuclear power will help Canada to […]
You call this a leadership race?
Commentators covering the Liberal leadership debate in Edmonton last weekend unanimously decreed that it was boring and bland, if not comatose and constipated. Except for one shot by Deputy Prime Minister John Manley at former finance minister Paul Martin over who had contributed how much to Martin’s campaign, nobody said anything much about anything or, […]
